Flood Resilience Assessment Tools for New Towns: An Example of a Developing Country
PhD Candidate: Mr Mazdak Irani
Supervisory Panel
| Principal Supervisor: | Associate Professor Payam Rahnamayiezekavat |
Abstract
Urban planners and designers are required to confront climate change as a significant challenge in their occupation. Climate change creates complex challenges for urban settlements and causes inevitable effects on urban systems and populations. As a result, urban settlements are exposed to various threats and consequences such as floods, hurricanes, hail, heat waves, and prolonged cold spells. Subsequently, these consequences cause extensive damage to the urban infrastructure across the body, energy, transportation, health, and environmental sectors. In recent years, new Iranian urban developments have been exposed to the effects of climate change, especially floods, which are globally the most frequent and costly natural disasters in terms of recurrence and cost, respectively. The purpose of this study is to provide a framework and tools to assess the resilience of new Iranian urban developments in the face of flood risks.
Education
- Master of Architecture, University of Sydney, Australia (2009-2010)
- Bachelor of Architecture, Ajman University of Science and Technology, Dubai (2003-2008)
- Diploma of Project Management, Australian Institute of Management, Sydney, Australia (2020-2021)
Honours / Awards / Grants
- Award for Design and Construction for Bates Smart Flowing Light Pavilion from NSW Government Architect
- Winner of first place in Centre for Digital Art & Digital Media Technology from Faculty of Science & Technology, Ajman University of Science and Technology, Dubai
- Winner of second place in the Landscape Architecture competition from Faculty of Engineering, Ajman University of Science and Technology, Dubai
- Certificate of appreciation in Recent Architectural Development & Urban Growth from Faculty of Engineering, Ajman University of Science and Technology, Dubai
Research Interests
- Climate change
- Flooding
- New town
- Urban resilience
- Flood resilience
Contact
| Email: | 20353588@student.westernsydney.edu.au |
| Google Scholar: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7Qai0BUAAAAJ |
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